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UPDATE: we are still without power at our Navy Pier site. We have moved to our back up studios in Chicago and hope to bring you the latest news soon.

Hi friends, we’ve lost power at WBEZ today (WED 12:10 11AM) and can’t bring you regular programming at the moment. It’s also knocked out our live stream. We are bringing you BBC for now. We’ll let you know as soon as we can bring you our regular shows. Thanks for your patience!

Why public media giants NPR and CPB are fighting in court this week NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.

NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House. n.pr/43D18QC

Inside the apparently warrantless federal immigration raid that targeted workeds who were renovating a house in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood on Friday www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Nu...

Businessman Accused of Orchestrating Attacks on Journalists

A federal grand jury indicted a former New Hampshire businessman this week on charges that he orchestrated attacks on the homes of journalists who had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.